![]() ![]() Spanish for "mountain range", referencing the area's topography Mission Santa Cruz Spanish for holy cross Saint Benedict ( San Benedicto in Spanish Benito is the diminutive of Benedicto).Ĭity of San Bernardino, named for Saint Bernardino of Siena ( San Bernardino de Siena in Spanish) Sacramento River, named for the Santisimo Sacramento (Spanish for "Most Holy Sacrament"). ![]() The city of Riverside, named for its location on the Santa Ana River. ![]() Spanish term for gravel deposits that contain gold references the California Gold Rush, which was centered in the area.įeather River Spanish name El Rio de las Plumas. The orange, which was widely grown in the area at the time the county was established. Spanish for "snow-covered", referencing the area's high elevation Monterey Bay, Spanish portmanteau of monte ("hill") and rey ("king").ĭisputed origin possibly derived from the Patwin word napo, meaning home. Mono Lake name derived from Monachi, a Yokut name for native peoples of the Sierra Nevada. Merced River original Spanish name El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced ("River of Our Lady of Mercy"). Spanish for "wood", in reference to the forested area of the landscapeĭisputed, but could be a corrupted abbreviation of Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marina, the Spanish name for area headlands along San Francisco Bay.Īntonio de Mendoza, first viceroy of New Spain. Spanish for "The Angels", abbreviated from El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the river of Porziuncola). Peter Lassen, a Danish naturalist and explorer. Plumas and Shasta, and now defunct Lake County, Nevada Kings River, original Spanish name Rio de los Santos Reyes ("River of the Holy Kings"). Kern River, named for Edward Kern, cartographer for John C. Imperial Valley, named for the Imperial Land Company.ĭisputed original early settlers believed Inyo to be the native name for area mountains, but this term may be the name of a Mono Indian leader Humboldt Bay, named after Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and explorer. Glenn, a California businessman and politician. Spanish for "northern", from its far northern location.Įl Dorado, a mythical city of gold, owing to the area's importance in the California Gold Rush.įresno Creek fresno is Spanish for "ash tree."ĭr. Spanish for "opposite coast", from its location across San Francisco Bay from San Francisco. Sutter Buttes, mistakenly thought to be in the county during the county's establishment.Ĭalaveras River calaveras is Spanish for "skulls". Jose Maria Amador (1794–1883), a soldier, rancher, and miner who, along with several Native Americans, made a successful gold mining camp near present-day Amador City in 1848. Spanish for "avenue shaded by trees" or " cottonwood grove."Īmador, El Dorado, Calaveras, Mono and Tuolumne ![]()
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